The 2021–22 Czech Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. Defending champions Třinec won the championship for the third time in a row and became the first club to do so in the 21st century. They beat Sparta Praha by four games to two in the finals.

Regular season Standings Each team played 56 games, playing each of the other fourteen teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Statistics Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. Player Team HC Sparta Praha 53 31 39 70 +28 39 56 22 35 57 +8 32 HC Škoda Plzeň 53 27 29 56 −2 18 HC Kometa Brno 48 23 32 55 +5 14 Rytíři Kladno 56 17 36 53 −4 46 HC Sparta Praha 49 21 31 52 +17 8 Mountfield HK 56 25 23 48 +27 16 HC Oceláři Třinec 52 21 27 48 +5 12 HC VERVA Litvínov 56 18 30 48 −8 10 HC Dynamo Pardubice 48 27 20 47 −1 30

Leading goaltenders The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.

Player Team HC Oceláři Třinec 25 1394:00 17 6 38 2 93.00 1.64 Mountfield HK 27 1566:00 16 10 53 2 92.26 2.03 HC Oceláři Třinec 34 1971:00 20 12 72 5 91.04 2.19 HC Škoda Plzeň 25 1385:00 11 13 51 2 91.79 2.21 HC Dynamo Pardubice 38 2123:00 19 17 82 4 91.41 2.32 Bílí Tygři Liberec 44 2591:00 22 22 104 3 91.66 2.41 HC Kometa Brno 20 1154:00 11 9 47 3 91.83 2.44 BK Mladá Boleslav 32 1714:00 14 15 70 2 90.85 2.45 BK Mladá Boleslav 31 1614:00 10 16 68 1 90.41 2.53 35 2033:00 20 13 86 4 91.09 2.54

Relegation series Relegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and HC Dukla Jihlava, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2022–23 Czech Extraliga.

Playoffs Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.

Bracket

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final rankings Třinec Sparta Praha České Budějovice4 Mladá Boleslav5 Mountfield HK6 Pardubice7 Liberec8 Vítkovice9 Plzeň10 Olomouc11 Kometa Brno12 Karlovy Vary13 Litvínov14 Kladno15 Zlín

References

External links Official website